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Biography of Igor Belanov - Soccer
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Igor Belanov (born September 25, 1960 in Odessa, Soviet Union) is a former soccer striker|forward, who was named European Footballer of the Year in 1986. Belanov played for SKA Odesa (1979-80), FC Chornomorets Odesa (1981-84), and Dynamo Kyiv (1985-89), for whom he won the Cup Winners Cup in 1986. He scored a hat trick for the USSR national football team|Soviet Union in the Football World Cup 1986|1986 World Cup against Belgium national football team|Belgium in a losing effort. Overall, Belanov played 33 times for the USSR, and scored eight goals. Belanov finished his career with Borussia Mönchengladbach (1989-90), Eintracht Braunschweig (1991-95), before returning to Ukraine to Chernomorets (1995-96) and Azovetz Mariupol (1996-97). start box succession box|title=European Footballer of the Year|before=Michel Platini |after=Ruud Gullit|years=1986 end box ==External links== *http://www.ukrsoccerhistory.com/sources/starstext _r.aspx?cp=70 Igor Belanov at UkrSoccerHistory.com footybio-stub
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